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August 1914: France, the Great War, and a Month That Changed the World Forever

Author: Bruno CabanesPages: 466ISBN: 0525953612Language: English

A haunting portrait of France at warOn August 1, 1914, war erupted into the lives of millions of families across France. Most people thought the conflict would last just a few weeks.Yet before the month was out, twenty-seven thousand French soldiers died on�the single day of August 22 alone�the worst catastrophe in French military history. Refugees streamed into France a